Monthly Archives: July 2009
Share Pics, Videos, Docs, Audio & Polls on Twitter with Twi.tt
Social Media As the title implies, Twi.tt is a way to share numerous types of media on Twitter — pictures, videos, documents, audio and polls. Sharing is easy with their simple upload forms. Plus, their log in uses Twitter OAuth so, there’s no need to give out your password. If you want to see what others are sharing, then you’ll appreciate the Twi.tt public timeline displayed on the bottom of the website. Picture & Video Sharing There ...
Continue readingStop the Twitter bots stop the spam
Social Media I do like Twitter, I use it on a daily basis to keep in contact with friends, work mates and contacts I have on the web but a major problem that just seems to be getting worse is Twitter spam. There are many forms of Twitter spam, for example people following thousands of people just to get themselves noticed. Twitter is clamping down on this as much as it can but more recently more forms of spam are becoming rife. One form of spam that I really ...
Continue readingGet Social Updates in Real-Time Using Collecta
Social Media Collecta is a unique search engine that allows you to view results in real-time. Collecta makes sure that you don’t received old, outdated results and only shows you what’s happening at that very moment. The setup is very unique as well; there are three columns. The first colum is where the search box as well as your search terms appear. Searches are saved in tabs so if you have one search open and want to look for something else, ...
Continue readingStorytelling – The Magic Pill of Blogging
Blogging Once upon a time there was a novelist who wanted to be a blogger. Having never blogged before, he lamented that he had nothing to offer the so-called blogosphere, and feared he would quickly be labeled an outcast, tossed under the literary bus where the rest of his career resided. But the novelist did have an agenda to promote. What blogger doesn’t, he rationalized, and so he pressed forward into this strange new world. Hearing of ...
Continue readingNew Twitter Spam Scam Uses Fake Celebrity RTs
Social Networking Earlier today CrunchGear reported on a new form of Twitter spam that was taking the service by storm. What was happening was that a spam bot appears to be putting out thousands of tweets for a service that allows people to watch movies free, including Harry Potter, Ice Age 3 and the new Transformers movie. The problem being that, not only would such a service almost certainly be illegal, it doesn’t actually exist and the URLs just ...
Continue readingFollowformation Chooses Twitter Followers for You
Social Networking When it comes to networking on Twitter, you need a place to start. Find people that will benefit you when connecting with others, and you’ll be set on the right track for creating pockets of useful communities within the Twitterverse. There are a few ways to get started on this. One way is to perform a regular Twitter search on topics that are of interest to you. See who’s tweeting about these topics, and follow them. From there, you ...
Continue readingStrategies for Planning Your Topic; Ask Yourself These Questions
Writing You’re on another deadline; maybe you’re wondering how to approach the topic you’ve chosen. What steps can you take to ensure you convey the right message to the reader? Sometimes it helps to create order before you begin writing. You should decide a few things before you begin: This is especially helpful if you’re writing a guest post for someone else’s blog. Go read the material that’s already there ...
Continue reading5 Basic HTML Tasks Every Blogger Should Know
Design & Coding WYSIWYG HTML editors are great. They let bloggers, or other webmasters, build sites or create posts without requiring them to take a look at any of the code that makes it up. Best of all, they are becoming increasingly powerful, able to do more and more while creating better and better code. However, they are far from perfect. Whether they don’t align an image perfectly, can’t make a table just right or cause some other problem, at ...
Continue readingPinboard Wizard – Basic Bookmarking
Software & Programs If you’re reading Blogging Tips then odds are good you read at least one blog and more than likely you read way more than just one blog. I read a ton of blogs and I have been looking for the perfect way to bookmark and save all the websites and blog posts I want to review when “time permits.” I’ve tried a ton of approaches and right now I’m loving the pure simplicity of Pinboard. Pinboard is a basic bookmark ...
Continue readingBait With the Headline, Hook With the Lead
Blogging Stifling summer heat has contributed to an abundant growth in the blogging world. It has been reported that many bloggers have succumbed to the intense heat and taken their endeavors indoors. Summertime, long known for its ventures in outdoor sports and activities, has now taken a backseat with bloggers staying planted in front of their computers and writing massive amounts of blog posts. Servers have crashed all over the globe due to the ...
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